Screen Resolution Optimization

[spacedog]

I need 100% honesty & accuracy for this poll. I've been designing my sites at 800x600 for the longest time, tha it has become habit. 2 days ago I purchased a new 21" monitor & can now view sites at 1280x1024, & I noticed how small everything looks on my sites. Pretty damn hard to read if you ask me, but this presents yet another problem. If I design my sites for 1280x1024, then when viewed at 800x600, everything looks too large. What I'd like to achieve is consistant, uniform design to fit within all resolutions comfortably for the viewer. According to your wusage stats, or server stats, logs, or general consensus, what screen resolution is the highest majority of viewers surfing at? Please keep your answers factual & as accurate as possible. I am not looking for guesses or opinions, but real facts. Please take a moment to participate in this poll.


Thank you

[Amp]

step away from the computer, and go outside..... immediately.

Life is too fucking short for this level of OCD.

[spacedog]

Originally Posted by Amp

step away from the computer, and go outside..... immediately.

Life is too fucking short for this level of OCD.

Hey, how are you..

[polish_aristocrat]

you didnt even specify what you're asking


do you ask whats my resolution? or what resolution do i design sites for? or what i think most ppl are using?

btw remember, webmasters might have bigger monitors usually than surfers ;)

[spacedog]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

you didnt even specify what you're asking


do you ask whats my resolution? or what resolution do i design sites for? or what i think most ppl are using?

btw remember, webmasters might have bigger monitors usually than surfers ;)

In the post is the question

what screen resolution is the highest majority of viewers surfing at?

[x3guide]

Voted for 1280*768 by mistake. Meant to pick 1280 x 1024. For laptops many people use 1024*768 however, so design for that to be on the safe side.

[madawgz]

for webpages, make it the smallest 800-600

[spacedog]

bump 8 chars..

[AgentCash]

Use liquid layouts

http://www.mardiros.net/liquid-design.html

What is 'liquid design'

As users, we often see the monitor screen as a square box which displays information, images etc. We perceive it as a fixed medium, at standard resolution, which never changes. For web designers the monitor screen does not have fixed width or height because these variables change, at times in unpredictable ways. People might have larger buttons, toolbars such as Yahoo or Google, they open the Favorites page on the left, they have a double task bar and so on. Therefore the width and height of the screen is different from user to user.

Liquid design means that the web site adapts itself to the available space, the same way water takes the shape of the glass it is in.

[CheneyRumsfeld]

nothing says money like a 386 machine running windows 95 and a 800x600 monitor. and dialup. blazing fast 24k connection.
you know he is going to buy.
and has the funds to do it too.

[spacedog]

Originally Posted by CheneyRumsfeld

nothing says money like a 386 machine running windows 95 and a 800x600 monitor. and dialup. blazing fast 24k connection.
you know he is going to buy.
and has the funds to do it too.

lol, I don't even think you can ftp on a 24k connection, lol...

[G-Rotica]

my logs say 1024x768, but i'm still designing at 800x600

[Manowar]

1024 for me